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Chapter 7

"Excuse me Commissioner, as far as I am aware I am named on my sons Birth certificate"

"Well you are wrong"

"What the hell is going on? No, no, I don't wanna know, I'm confused enough for today, I just need to go home to the carriage house with my son, I'll feel better there, then, maybe I'll... even start to remember stuff" Natalie said as she was starting to walk around the room.

"Now If the three of you could get out of my room and send Jessica back in with Aiden" Natalie said and know one moved, "I asked nicely now get out of my room so I can get dressed and go!" Natalie demanded this time and the three men left the room quickly.

The three men sent Jessica and Aiden back in with Natalie. The three men huddled around the room waiting to get to the bottom of things. Finally after a few minutes Darren decided he needed to open this conversation up.

"Bo, I really don't know where you get your misguided information but I was at the hospital the day Natalie signed the paperwork for Aiden's birth certificate" Darren told Bo in a matter of fact attitude

"That may be Darren but Nat gave me a copy of the Birth Certificate stating John's the father of Aiden, it's legal and it's stamped by the county clerks office"

"This is ridiculous, you have no such thing, why? Why would she do something like this? It doesn't make sense, it can't be true, he wasn't ever coming back, she knew that, that was why she married me, so then why would she name him as Aiden's father?"

"Maybe because I am!" John said interrupting loudly, Darren was getting just as heated as John now, he walked over to him and they stared each other down. Bo saw the two men about to get into it and he stepped in between them.

"Darren, have you ever seen Aiden's Birth Certificate?" Bo asked and Darren thought about it, "I must have at some point" Darren said unsure

"You probably haven't, cause Natalie gave this to me for safe keeping, she also left me instructions in case anything ever happened to her, that she wanted John to know about their son, she didn't want her son being raised by you " Bo told him and Darren got mad.

"Who the hell does she think she is? To do something like that to me" Darren said and both John and Bo got mad, John moved quickly to Darren.

"I don't like your tone again, first you used it with my son, now with Natalie, you better be real careful, real careful using it to either one of them again."

"Is that a threat Agent Mcbain?"

"Oh no, it's a promise. You talk to either one of them like that again you'll be beyond sorry," John told him and he backed up a bit.

"Darren, I think maybe it's best if you leave now, you can call Llanfair tomorrow and check up on Natalie" Bo told Darren as Darren just shook his head and started to walk away. Bo called back to him.

"Darren, make sure you don't leave town for any reason, we're still investigating the kidnapping, there's still questions I'll needed answered from you" Bo told Darren as he walked off sulking.

John and Bo stood discussing what Darren had told Bo about what happened. How Darren said he was out only to come home to see Natalie walk into the Living Room, how she seemed unstable when she walked, almost like she was drugged and when she walked near the fireplace she stumbled on her own feet and fell, how he tried to run to her and catch her but it was to late, it all happened so fast he said and Darren told him he had no real answers on how they got back.

John heard Darren's account for what happened and he shook his head, this guy was definitely lying, and big time, he was getting himself in deeper and deeper because now more than ever he was going to prove he was the one who had them taken in the first place, and the reasoning behind it John told himself, to further his career, his career, John thought and almost laughed out loud, this guy would be lucky if he didn't spend ten years in prison after John proved he kidnapped his Son, his son and Natalie.

Natalie came walking out of the room with Jess and Aiden in tow, Vicky met up with them in the hall and they all went to the carriage house. John watched as the four of them walked out of the hospital, he wanted so bad to talk with her again, but thought it best right now to let her rest, she had been thru so much, on top of losing six years, she definitely needed to rest. He left to start working on catching Darren up in all his deceptions.

The next day about lunch time John arrived at the carriage House, he wanted to see them, and make sure they were still alright, to see if maybe Nat's memory was coming back to her, maybe the memories of the two of them were coming back to him, he also wanted to try and spend time with his son.

He rang the bell and Jessica answered it.

"Hey"

"Hey, how are they?" John asked as he walked in.

"Nat's resting and well.. well.. As for Aiden, see for yourself" Jess said and she moved out of his way so he could see a happy Aiden on the floor playing with Trains, the boy was smiling and amusing himself. John smiled seeing how happy and content he looked, he sat down on the couch behind the boy as he played, Aiden was so involved with his trains he didn't even notice John was in the room.

John heard Jessica's cell phone rang and watched as she took the call, she seem to be telling someone on the phone no, and then she hung up.

"Was that Darren?" John asked and Jess shook her head

"He just won't give up, called six times this morning, my dad's back from his business trip from London and he told the guards at the gate that Darren isn't allowed anywhere on the premise"

"Well it's good your dad's back then, to help with stuff, hey, you probably have a bunch of stuff to do, you have a daughter too, right?" John asked and Jessica nodded her head.

"Why don't you let me stay with Aiden for awhile, if that's alright? Please, it would really mean a lot to me, I'll even watch over Natalie"

"Alright, alright but.. If Nat wakes, no questions, she's suppose to stay calm so maybe her memory will come back." Jessica told him and she left.

John moved a little closer to Aiden as he played trains on the floor, he watched in amazement and it officially hit him, his boy, this beautiful boy was his son, their son. John pushed himself off the couch and on to the floor next to Aiden, the boy finally realized he was there, John stared into his eyes for a minute not being able to form words and he smiled as he heard the him speak to john.

"Wanna play trains? You the booze" Aiden said and he handed John the caboose, John told the train and the two of them played for a long time. Neither of them saw Natalie as she came down the stairs and stood and watched them play. Natalie smiled, a feeling came over her, something she couldn't describe something telling her still was right for what ever reason, the two of them on the floor playing trains was something so right. She watched for a few minute when Aiden turned and saw her, he ran over to her and grabbed her hand and brought her closer to them in the living room. Natalie smiled and went willingly. John turned and saw her smile and he almost melted, he had missed her smile all these years, the way she just lit the room with light when she smiled bright.

Natalie took a seat on the couch over them and she continued to watch as they played after a few minutes John got up and joined her up on the couch, he watched an action she always did when she was a bit insecure, she pulled a throw from the couch close to her body, and held on to it tight.

Natalie looked into his eyes, his blue oceans, his eyes seem to absorb her, she could see herself in them.

"He's great isn't he?" Natalie asked referring to their son

"Yeah, amazing"

" From what I heard, you didn't know, know about him right?" Natalie asked as she pulled the pillow even closer to herself, John shook his head no. They sat in awkward silence for a few moments till Natalie asked.

"I married that stuffy guy right before he was born, or so they say, so... so.. Does that mean I was unfaithful to him... I mean.. what I want to know is.. were we, you and I just casual.. I mean" Natalie said getting nervous and not knowing why, she was a spitfire, six years, hell of wheels sometimes, to her she was still that same person, she didn't know she changed. What was it about him that made her nervous?

"I... I wouldn't call what we had.. as casual"

"Then what would you call it?" Natalie jumped back at him, she was going to ignore being nervous around him, she wanted to answers, she wanted to know things about the missing six years.

John sat for a few minutes and thought about what to say, then he went with the first thing, the truth.

"Intense,.. we were intense.. pretty intense" John told her as he looked at her, she seemed confused again.

"Intense? Was my son, our son, made out of intensity, I mean.. or was he made out of love, or was it the same thing to us?" Natalie asked as she again looked into the deep blue eyes. John scooted closer to her on the couch; he took his hand and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. As he grazed her ear, Natalie felt it, as if live current were running thru her body, she moved her head in closer as did he, John brought his lips in.

"Intense love" John said as he was about to put his lips on her, they stopped mid way to completing their kiss when they heard Aiden.

Aiden was tucking on Nat's leg from the floor.

"Mommy, I thirsty"

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Darren peeked thru the living room window searching to see, to see what was going on, he saw them talking on the couch, they were so close, it almost looked like they were about to kiss.

"Damn it!" he told himself, ' if she remembers him, or starts to, or realizes how much she was in love with him, she may remember it all. All of it, the kidnapping, her falling, I've gotta figure out a way to stop her from remembering, I've gotta figure out a way to get John Mcbain away from her and her live, away from my son.